Natural attenuation of chloroethenes: Identification of sequential reductive/oxidative biodegradation by microcosm studies

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1137-1145

  Schmidt, K R ^a   Tiehm, A ^a  

^a Water Technology Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic oxidative dechlorination; Anaerobic oxidative dechlorination; Anaerobic reductive dechlorination; Chloroethenes; Microcosms; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLOROETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ECOSYSTEM; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 55349113596     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.729     Document Type: Article

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